Zhu Qinglan didn't dare to offend Xiao Yiming, who now holds real power, and he couldn't slander the former General Office of Armaments Wu Zhongyong in front of so many subordinates, so he had to explain with a smile:

"That's the case, last year, due to the change of clothing of the border army, the construction of the new army's eastern suburbs camp and a number of renovation projects, the military budget was seriously reduced, and the predecessor Wu couldn't do anything even if he wanted to support it! But this year is different, there is no major project started, and the lord of the domain also submitted this year's budget to the governor's yamen three days ago, and the finances are relaxed, so we will come and take a look, haha! ”

Xiao Yiming's heart was like a mirror, and she made a look of sudden realization, and immediately nodded, revealing a sincere smile:

"General Zhu really came in time! Army building, especially the building of the new army, has always been the weak point of our Sichuan army, and its weaponry is much backward compared with the coastal provinces and the new army in Lianghu, and even the new army in Yunnan is several times stronger than ours.

"In this way, when the civil affairs meeting convened by the Governor is over, the lower official will immediately hand over this report, and send someone to the book to inspect the military and the purchase of artillery and machine guns.

Several leaders of the new army were very happy to see Xiao Yiming so accommodating, and stood up one by one to thank him.

Xiao Yiming hurriedly excused herself, took a few steps over, lifted the teapot and poured tea for everyone: "Don't be polite to me, please come and sit more when you have time in the future, Yiming is young and ignorant, please take care of me!" ”

"Where? Lord Xiao is too humble, and I have to ask Lord Xiao to take care of him more in the future! The most practical Chen Delin hurriedly got up and thanked him.

Zhu Qinglan's always ugly face was rarely squeezed into a few smiles, and he said a few words of compliment to Xiao Yiming, and the living room was full of laughter for a while.

Cheng Qian waited for everyone to finish speaking, pretended to be interested, and asked Xiao Yiming his own question: "Lord Xiao, may I ask which new model of pistol your guards are equipped with?" ”

As soon as Xiao Yiming heard that the meat drama was coming, she put down the teapot and beckoned with a smile: "Let the chief of staff laugh, Xiaofei, hand over your gun......"

Zhu Qinglan and Cheng Qian looked at it with great interest, Xiao Yiming took the gun and carefully introduced:

"This gun is a high-paid German [***] mechanical engineer jointly designed by Huaxi Metal Products Factory, although it is branded with the trademark of 'Leopard brand', it is not a technical product of Huaxi Company, but a successful combination of the latest design scheme of Germany and the United States, and completely adopts the highest standard materials and manufacturing processes of Mauser Company, please take a look......

"The latest technology of the alloy barrel, the German chrome steel body, and this carefully manufactured ten-round magazine, all these latest technologies combined, constitute an important position of the gun to be one step ahead, and has been given a high evaluation by the German Army for 'great power and excellent quality', which has attracted the attention of all [***] teams in Europe.

"Huaxi Company paid the Germans 150,000 marks for technology transfer fees just for the design drawings of the gun and a set of Mauser testing molds, which is equivalent to 75,000 oceans, and only then did they get their production license, raw material supply, and technical guidance."

Everyone was moved, a drawing and a pair of testing molds, and it cost 75,000 oceans, so what price should this gun sell for?

No wonder you can't see the shadow of this kind of gun anywhere else, only Xiao Yiming's guards are equipped with such advanced weapons, if it weren't for Cheng Qian's question, I'm afraid everyone wouldn't know that this kind of good gun exists.

"How much is one?" Zhu Qinglan asked with a twinkle in his eyes.

Xiao Yiming hesitated for a moment, then said with a wry smile:

"The cost is too high, a penny without adding a frightening seventy-five oceans, and only one holster and two magazines are delivered, the younger brother has a few dollars, and he only dares to order a hundred to the guards, fortunately, it fires a 9mm Balabellum bullet that is common to the Mauser shell gun, and the surname energy and power are not under the shell gun, the accuracy of continuous shooting is almost twice as high as that of the Mauser shell gun, and the time to change the magazine is only two seconds, so that the gun has overwhelming continuous firepower, if you use other caliber bullets, The younger brother is not even interested in modifying the caliber, let alone raising his hand to agree to Huaxi Company's high-priced purchase of any patented technology. ”

Zhu Qinglan was a little dumbfounded, thinking that he would buy a few personal guards to equip himself without worrying, gritted his teeth and went to the Qinglou a few times and drank a few less flowers and wine, but if a large number of equipment troops couldn't bear it at all, he could only take the gun enviously and figure it out, say goodbye and leave with a smile.

On the way back to the camp, the more Cheng Qian thought about it, the more wrong it became-no matter how sincere Xiao Yiming's attitude was, no matter how kind his attitude was, there was no clear answer to his every sentence, and he finally pushed the question to the governor, but after pushing it like this, he didn't know that he would have to wait until the Year of the Monkey.

Cheng Qian looked at Zhu Qinglan who was riding a horse, and after thinking about it, he couldn't help but not say the doubts in his heart, he knew that Xiao Yiming was not easy, just arrived at the military garrison and didn't sit hot, Zhu Qinglan led a group of people to the door to force the palace, and he didn't do it authentically, no wonder Xiao Yiming changed his way to play haha, in exchange for his own good attitude of probably not having Xiao Yiming, and he was serving tea and thanking him, which made everyone embarrassed to dig into it.

In the spacious office of the military garrison, Xiao Fei couldn't help but complain:

"Little brother, where is this gun as expensive as you say? Isn't it said that the cost is just over half of the shell gun? How do you say seventy-five oceans? Don't you want to sell it? ”

Xiao Yiming nodded: "Yes, I just don't want to sell it to them!" You know how powerful this gun is, and you know why I strictly stipulate that this gun is only sold to the army, and if they really want to buy it back to equip the troops, they will have to pay a lot of money, otherwise they can only look red. ”

"Do you have money to make?" Xiaofei is still unwilling.

Xiao Yiming couldn't help but wonder: "Money can't be earned, and now the orders from all parties have been scheduled for May, and we don't lack this money." ”

"Keep the five hundred that have already been made?" Xiao Fei asked puzzled.

Xiao Yiming smiled faintly: "Don't stay, all of them will be sent to Ya'an in a few days, the three hundred guards brothers in Ya'an are still waiting!" ”

Xiao Fei still didn't understand: "Didn't Lord Zhou just buy ten?" ”

Xiao Yiming glanced at him:

"What are ten? Don't look at the eyes of a few of them when they hold the gun, in fact, what they want is not this gun, but 8,000 38 rifles, 24 guns and 100 French Hatch Chase machine guns......

"But is it really that easy? Why did the former Lord Wu and Master Zong not approve it for half a year? Why did they come to the door in droves as soon as Lao Tzu took office? Didn't he deliberately bully Lao Tzu young? Okay, Lao Tzu sat on the side and drank tea and watched the excitement, let them be proud for a few days, and if they were in a good mood, they would quietly get a report on the comparison of weapons and equipment of various countries and send it to them, so that they could understand what it means to cry without tears! ”

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